Avascular necrosis of bone in human immunodeficiency virus infection and antiphospholipid antibodies.

摘要: We describe 3 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) in serum who developed avascular necrosis (AVN), an association that to our knowledge, has rarely been described. Given the had stopped their intravenous drug addiction 2 years before clinical picture appeared, and none any known risk factors for developing AVN, there may be association, perhaps fortuitous, between HIV infection, presence aPL development AVN.